South Carolina News
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The tropics continue to be prolific. Within the next seven days, there is a high chance of having the 18th named storm of the season.
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The challenge is clear: South Carolina’s population and economic sector is growing fast. It's growing so fast that state leaders and utility executives say they are concerned that the need for energy may outpace the utilities’ ability to generate enough electricity to meet demand.
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Now that Democratic state Sen. Mike Fanning has conceded the District 17 race to Republican Everett Stubbs, only the race for District 29 remains slated for recount.
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A research facility in Yemassee, S.C., has recovered 25 of the 43 monkeys that escaped from the laboratory last week after a caretaker accidentally left the door to their enclosure unsecured.
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More than 10 years of catastrophic hurricanes in the United States has led to an insurance crisis of sorts, especially in hurricane prone states. South Carolina Public Radio digital meteorologist Leslie Hudson has more.
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As of Thursday night, South Carolina's transportation department said more than 35 roads in the Calhoun and Orangeburg areas were closed because of flooding or flooding damage.
Latest Episodes of the SC Business Review
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Mike Switzer interviews Rob DeHollander, a certified financial planner in Greenville S.C. and member of the South Carolina Financial Planning Association.
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Mike Switzer speaks with Innoventure's John Warner about how university talent can be integrated into economic development.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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This week, we offer you an encore of an episode from our broadcast archive: A fascinating conversation with Dr. Vernon Burton, the Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr. Distinguished Professor of History at Clemson University, and Dr. Peter Eisenstadt, affiliate scholar in the Department of History at Clemson University.Walter will be talking with Peter and Vernon about their book, Lincoln’s Unfinished Work: The New Birth of Freedom from Generation to Generation, a collection of essays from a conference that they directed at Clemson University which discussed many of the dimensions of Lincoln’s “unfinished work” as a springboard to explore the task of political and social reconstruction in the United States from 1865 to the present day.The conference was not solely about Lincoln, or the immediate unfinished work of Reconstruction, or the broader unfinished work of America coming to terms with its tangled history of race; it investigated all three topics – as does our conversation.
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Dusti Bongé (1903-93)/Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS. Gift of Dusti Bongé Art; Foundation, Inc. 1999.012This week we will be talking with Jonathan Stuhlman and Martha Severens about their book, Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century (2024, UNC Press). Jonathan Stuhlman is the Senior Curator of American Art at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, and Martha Severens is in independent scholar based in the upstate of South Carolina. Together they have created a book that springs from an exhibition at the Mint but is so much more than just a catalog for the exhibit.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 12, 2024: we get some final election 2024 numbers and take a look at priorities from Republicans in the Statehouse up to Congress; SC Public Radio’s Russ McKinney reports on the state’s growing energy needs; a look at South Carolinians making moves and who isn’t joining the Trump administration from our state; and more!
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 9, 2024: we look at Election 2024 with a recap of the presidential, congressional, and state house races, and give you in-depth analysis from party leaders, politicos, and more!
More Local and National News
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A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes.
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President Biden called his predecessor — now, successor — a threat to democracy. Today he'll sit side by side with President-elect Trump as part of the ceremony around a smooth transfer of power.
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The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.
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Live bidding will be private, and the future owner of Jones' company will be public once court papers are filed. The proceeds will go to pay Sandy Hook families who won defamation cases against Jones.
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The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.
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Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people in the country on Tuesday.
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The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted as the country plagued by gang violence swore in its new prime minister after a politically tumultuous process.
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The two-term governor of South Dakota has been a loyal Trump ally. In her new role, Noem would oversee immigration, an issue Trump campaigned heavily on.
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President-elect Trump announced a "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE, that will be led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, focused on shrinking the federal government.
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President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense. Hegseth is a combat veteran who has long advocated for veterans.
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